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self-ruling

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of self-ruling

1 of, relating to, or favoring political democracy

having rid itself of the yoke of colonialism, the new nation chose to be a self-ruling state

Synonyms of self-ruling

democratic, popular, republican, self-governing

Words Related to self-ruling

libertarian, nontotalitarian

Near Antonyms of self-ruling

autocratic (also autocratical), despotic, dictatorial, monarchal (or monarchial), monarchical (also monarchic), tyrannical (also tyrannic)

Antonyms of self-ruling

nondemocratic, undemocratic

2 not being under the rule or control of another

was granted special status as a self-ruling province

Synonyms of self-ruling

autonomous, free, freestanding, independent, self-governed, self-governing, separate, sovereign (also sovran)

Words Related to self-ruling

delivered, emancipated, freed, liberated, manumitted, redeemed, released

unconquered, unruled, unsupervised

empowered, enfranchised

democratic, republican

Near Antonyms of self-ruling

bound, captive, conquered, enslaved, fettered, subdued, subjugated

inferior, subordinate, subservient

Antonyms of self-ruling

dependent, nonautonomous, non-self-governing, subject, unfree

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